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echo: hs_modems
to: EDWARD RUTLEDGE
from: BRUCE CLARK
date: 1997-07-11 21:48:00
subject: Modem Selection?

-=> Quoting Henk Jaspers to Edward Rutledge <=-
 ER> No you will not be able to use the high speed (14,400 bps or
 ER> faster modem) with a 286.  You may be able to send at that speed,
 ER> but you won't be able to receive.  
Don't know what you're talking about. I was using a 14.4k 
external modem with a 286 12MHz and the nonbuffered serial 
port for over a year. I always used a 57.6k computer to 
modem speed and never had any problems. 
 HJ> Maybe I am one of the exceptions to the rule but I have used an
 HJ> external 14K4 
 HJ> modem with a 16MHz 286 pc and a 16450 UART for years without any
 HJ> problems. I even know of people that have used a 28K8 modem with an XT
 HJ> and a 16550 UART 
 HJ> quite succesfully both sending and receiving...
 
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